{"id":53704,"date":"2021-03-15T11:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T08:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=53704"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:42:05","slug":"difference-between-the-teachings-of-jesus-and-the-scribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2021\/03\/15\/difference-between-the-teachings-of-jesus-and-the-scribes\/","title":{"rendered":"DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS AND THE SCRIBES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Greetings in the name above all names, our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us reflect together on His words. In the book of Matthew 7:28\u201329<\/strong>, we read:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These verses reveal that the teachings of Jesus were vastly different from what people of that time expected\u2014and even from what many people expect today. Scripture says the crowds were \u201cgreatly astonished\u201d because He spoke with authority<\/strong>, unlike the scribes.<\/p>\n

What does it mean that Jesus taught \u201cwith authority\u201d?<\/h3>\n

A person with authority speaks decisively, without twisting words or sugarcoating the truth. For example, when a president gives an order\u2014\u201cThis project must be completed in two weeks\u201d\u2014there\u2019s no room for negotiation. His command carries weight, and those under him must comply.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Jesus did not come to speak in uncertain terms. He spoke plainly, directly, and truthfully. In the surrounding verses of Matthew 5\u20137 (the Sermon on the Mount), Jesus contrasted His teaching with that of the scribes and Pharisees, who mostly focused on Jewish traditions, appeasing people rather than pointing them to wholehearted devotion to God or warning them of the consequences of sin.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have heard that it was said\u2026 but I tell you\u201d<\/h3>\n

Throughout His ministry, Jesus asserted His divine authority:<\/p>\n